“As quickly because the reserving opens, all of the tickets get booked inside a short while after which the information of these tickets being bought in black for lakhs, at 20-50 instances the worth, is a problem on the stage of governance and administration. Is there no such factor as a authorities within the nation that may cease such unlawful gross sales and faux ticket racket,” he stated in publish on X.
Akhilesh stated that each particular person ought to have equal rights to leisure and stated that if artwork is restricted to “buying energy of some individuals” then it turns into a enterprise.
He argued that this not solely violates the rights of the artists but in addition ends in a lack of tax income for the federal government. The SP chief additionally talked concerning the significance of equal entry to leisure for all, saying, “The reality is that everybody ought to have equal rights to leisure.”
On Sunday, the BookMyShow web site and app crashed as ticket gross sales opened for Coldplay’s live shows scheduled for subsequent 12 months. The band will carry out three exhibits on January 18, 19, and 21, 2025, on the DY Patil Sports activities Stadium. Followers flooded social media with screenshots of their unresponsive units.
“It’s not potential for a wealthy individual to all the time be an professional, connoisseur or a real enjoyer of artwork. In such a state of affairs, artists don’t get true respect nor does their artwork get correct appreciation,” Akhilesh stated in a publish on X.
This is not the primary time Akhilesh has referenced Coldplay in his criticism of the federal government. in 2016, he claimed the federal government retains repeating the identical tune with its price range, including that he would slightly hearken to the British pop band’s “Hymn for the Weekend.”
